{"product_id":"ill-be-damned-how-my-young-and-restless-life-led-me-to-americas-1-daytime-drama-paperback","title":"I'll Be Damned: How My Young and Restless Life Led Me to America's #1 Daytime Drama - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEric Braeden\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this startling candid and poignant memoir, the legendary Emmy Award-winning star of \u003cem\u003eThe Young and The Restless\u003c\/em\u003e, America's #1 soap opera, chronicles his amazing life, from his birth in World War II Germany to his arrival in America to his rise to humanitarian and daytime superstar for the past thirty-five years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor nearly four decades, fans have welcomed the star of television's number-one daytime show, \u003cem\u003eThe Young and the Restless\u003c\/em\u003e, into their living rooms. While they've come to know and love the suave Victor Newman, few truly know the man behind the character, the supremely talented Eric Braeden. \u003cem\u003eI'll Be Damned\u003c\/em\u003e is his story--a startling and uplifting true tale of war, deprivation, determination, fame, and social commitment that spans from Nazi Germany to modern Hollywood. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBraeden's journey from a hospital basement in Kiel to the soundstages of Los Angeles has taught him more about joy, heartbreak, fear, dignity, loss, love, loneliness, exhilaration, courage, persecution, and profound responsibility to the global community than he could have hoped to learn in several lifetimes. Growing up in the years after Germany's defeat, Braeden knew very little about the atrocities of his parents' generation, until he arrived in America as a teenager--a discovery that horrified and transformed him. Trying to redress the wrongs of his homeland, he has dedicated his life to humanitarian work--even forming the German American Culture Society--working for decades to show the world that what we share as humans is far more important than what separates us from one another. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTold with openness, candor, humor, heart, and occasional raw vulnerability, \u003cem\u003eI'll Be Damned\u003c\/em\u003e reveals a man committed to making the world a better, more loving place. Filled with sixteen pages of photos from his decorated life and career, \u003cem\u003e I'll Be Damned\u003c\/em\u003e will be a treasured keepsake for \u003cem\u003eY\u0026amp;R\u003c\/em\u003e fans, and is an inspiring testament to the goodness within us all.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA celebrated actor whose most astonishing role is his own life\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this startlingly candid and poignant memoir, the legendary Emmy Award-winning star of \u003cem\u003eThe Young and the Restless, \u003c\/em\u003e America's #1 soap opera, chronicles his amazing life, from his birth in World War II Germany to his arrival in America to his work as a humanitarian and daytime superstar.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor nearly four decades, fans have come to know and love the suave Victor Newman from \u003cem\u003eThe Young and the Restless.\u003c\/em\u003e Yet few truly know the man behind the character, the supremely talented Eric Braeden. \u003cem\u003eI'll Be Damned\u003c\/em\u003e is the story of Eric's life--an uplifting tale of war, deprivation, determination, fame, and social commitment that spans from Nazi Germany to modern Hollywood. 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